Within three months after the assignment of a number, the owner, occupant
or lessee of every structure, whether residential, commercial or industrial,
or any other use, which now fronts or which may hereafter front upon any public
or private street within the Township of Harrison shall, at his or her own
expense, cause the authorized and assigned number of such structure to be
permanently and conspicuously placed in accordance with the specifications
set forth herein.
House numbers shall be determined by the 911 Coordinator. Every owner,
occupant or lessee of the building constructed or to be constructed in the
Township shall apply to the 911 Coordinator for a number if no number has
been previously assigned in accordance with this chapter.
Garden apartments and townhouse complexes shall provide such building
and apartment numbers as are provided for in the Multiple Dwelling Law (New
Jersey State Housing Code, Chapter 162).
Any structure erected after the effective date of this chapter shall
have the certificate of occupancy withheld until permanent and proper numbers
have been affixed.
[Amended 12-6-2004 by Ord. No. 40-2004]
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this
chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable to a penalty not exceeding
$1,250, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days or a period of community
service not exceeding 90 days for each violation. Each and every violation
of this chapter and each day that a violation of this chapter continues may
be deemed to be a separate and distinct violation.